neurodiversity and dyslexia. introduction neurodiversity reframing what we think we know
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implications• change in priorities
– interventions• 'remediation'• 'structural'
–Responsibility
• shift in perspective–specific learning differences–core differences
cognitive styles
“I am not someone with dyslexia. I am dyslexic. Were I not dyslexic, I would not
be me.”
Strengths of Visual and Verbal Thinking
Visual Verbal
speed ordered
imaginative analytic
creative critical
lateral logical
inductive deductive
symbolic abstract
overview detail
patterns elements
multi-dimensional 2-dimensional
inter-relationships cause and effect
Non dyslexic thinking preferences
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Visual preference
verbal preference
Verbal
Dyslexic thinking preferences
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Visual preference
verbal preference
Verbal
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia
Dyscalculia
AD(H)D
Multisensory
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